Nuport Robotics: Canadian Tire and NuPort Robotics to Commercialize Canada s First Automated Heavy Duty Trucking Technology
and more efficient transport of goods by semi-tractor trailers
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / March 11, 2021 / Canadian National retailer Canadian Tire Corporation (TSX:CTC.A)(TSX:CTC) and Toronto-based startup NuPort Robotics Inc., Canada s first autonomous trucking company, have announced a partnership with the Ontario government to invest $3 million to undertake an automated heavy duty trucking project to test a first-of-its-kind-in-the-world technology.
Jennifer Reardon, Associate VP, Transportation Integration and Ops Support at Canadian Tire
The breakthrough technology provides a transportation solution for the middle mile, the short-haul shuttle runs that semi-tractor trailers make between distribution centres, warehouses and terminals each day. It is designed to enable next-generation automated trucks that are more fuel efficient, safer to operate, and